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Demographic predictors of success in a CAI program among elementary students

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1993
Summary:
This study used a discriminant analysis procedure to identify the demographic variables (school, teacher, grade level, subject, test used for evaluation, semester of treatment, and gender) or subsets of variables that would predict elementary students' success with computer assisted instruction (CAl). Also, multiple factorial analyses of variance were performed to test the interaction effect between treatment (CAl) and the demographic variables. Recommendations suggest that future research attempt to identify the appropriate teacher training in the use of computers for instruction that will produce recurring student achievement with CAl. It is also suggested that future research examining the academic effects of CAl in the elementary classroom (grade 2 through 5) should not be concerned with the grade level of the student, the subject being studied (mathematics or language arts), the test used for evaluation (local or standardized), or the gender of the student.
Title: Demographic predictors of success in a CAI program among elementary students.
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Name(s): Shutrump, George Joseph.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Morris, John D., Thesis advisor
Kerensky, Vasil M., Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1993
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 61 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: This study used a discriminant analysis procedure to identify the demographic variables (school, teacher, grade level, subject, test used for evaluation, semester of treatment, and gender) or subsets of variables that would predict elementary students' success with computer assisted instruction (CAl). Also, multiple factorial analyses of variance were performed to test the interaction effect between treatment (CAl) and the demographic variables. Recommendations suggest that future research attempt to identify the appropriate teacher training in the use of computers for instruction that will produce recurring student achievement with CAl. It is also suggested that future research examining the academic effects of CAl in the elementary classroom (grade 2 through 5) should not be concerned with the grade level of the student, the subject being studied (mathematics or language arts), the test used for evaluation (local or standardized), or the gender of the student.
Identifier: 12348 (digitool), FADT12348 (IID), fau:9250 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Thesis (Ed.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1993.
College of Education
Subject(s): Computer-assisted instruction--Evaluation
Education, Elementary--United States
Education--Demographic aspects
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